alcaligin

English

Etymology

Alcaligenes +‎ -in

Noun

alcaligin (uncountable)

1. A siderophore produced by bacteria of the family Alcaligenaceae.
   • 2015 July 11, “The Origin and Evolution of Baeyer—Villiger Monooxygenases (BVMOs): An Ancestral Family of Flavin Monooxygenases”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     For NMOs, the sequences of L-ornithine N5-oxygenase SidA from Aspergillus fumigatus (XP_755103.1) and the alcaligin biosynthesis enzyme from Bordetella bronchiseptica (Q44740.2) were used as queries.